Coronary Disease - Surgery

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Multiarterial vs Single-Arterial Coronary Surgery: Ten-Year Follow-Up of One Million Patients

September 19, 2024 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This study examined the long-term survival of patients undergoing multiarterial grafting (MAG) versus single-arterial grafting (SAG) in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). After analyzing data from more than one million CABG patients, researchers found that...

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Spontaneous Myocardial Infarction After Left Main Revascularization: The EXCEL Trial

March 26, 2026 | Vincent SierSilver Contributor

In this pre-specified analysis of the EXCEL trial, 1,882 patients with left main disease underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) (n=952) or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) (n=930). At five years,...

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Multiarterial vs Single-Arterial Coronary Surgery: Ten-Year Follow-Up of One Million Patients

September 19, 2024 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This study examined the long-term survival of patients undergoing multiarterial grafting (MAG) versus single-arterial grafting (SAG) in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). After analyzing data from more than one million...

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Routine Extubation in the Operating Room After Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass

February 8, 2024 | Mateo Marin-Cuartas

The benefits of early extubation in the operating room (OR) following cardiac surgery remain unproven. In this study, the authors evaluated perioperative outcomes after extubation in the OR versus extubation...

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Robotic-Assisted vs. Traditional Full-Sternotomy Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Procedures: A Propensity-Matched Analysis of Hospital Costs

December 7, 2023 | Jason Trevis

In this study, the authors performed a propensity matched analysis of hospital costs for robotic-assisted CABG vs. conventional CABG. 1,173 patients were included in the analysis from 2018 until 2021....

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The Discussion Continues as the EXCEL Authors Respond to EACTS’s Withdrawal of Support of the LMS Chapter of the EACTS/ESC Revascularization Guidelines

December 19, 2019 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

Following the withdrawal of the support of EACTS for the left main stem chapter of the EACTS/ESC Chapter of the revascularisation guidelines following the BBC Newsnight documentary of this, and...

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Five-Year Outcomes After PCI or CABG for Left Main Coronary Disease

November 6, 2019 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

In this randomized trial, percutaneous coronary intervention and CABG had equivalent outcomes for the composite of death, stroke, or myocardial infarction at five years for patients with left main disease...

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Outcomes of Second Arterial Conduits in Patients Undergoing Multivessel Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

October 29, 2019 | Edward Savage

This article reviews real-life outcomes of 42,714 patients undergoing coronary bypass grafting from 2005 to 2012. After adjusting for the differences in the populations, the patients who received multiple arterial...

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Peripheral Vasoconstriction During Mental Stress and Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

October 26, 2019 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

Interesting clinicolaboratory experiment: Any translational value for the coronary surgeon and the cardiologist remains to be seen, especially regarding the risk stratification and prioritization for urgent (inpatient) revascularisation. Also, the...

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Individualizing Revascularization Strategy for Diabetic Patients With Multivessel Coronary Disease

October 18, 2019 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

Using data from the FREEDOM (Future Revascularizaiton Evaluation in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: Optimal Management of Multivessel Disease) trial, the authors developed an 8 variable model that predicts individual risk...

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The Gender Gap in ACS: Sex-Specific Thresholds of High-Sensitivity Troponin in Patients With Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome

October 15, 2019 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

Using gender specific thresholds for abnormalities in cardiac troponin I, the rate of injury among women increased by 42%. This did not translate into improved management of women, who remained...

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Antithrombotic Treatment After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis

October 11, 2019 | Benjamin Bidstrup

This timely review examines the use of single and mutiple agents to decrease saphenous graft failure after CABG. These are difficult and expensive studies to perform, requiring repeat imaging after...

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Skeletonisation Contributing to a Reduction of Sternal Wound Complications: a Retrospective Study in OPCAB Patients

September 18, 2019 | Edward Savage

This is a retrospective study in OPCAB patients comparing patients who received skeletonized versus nonskeletonized SIMA and BIMA grafts. They reported patients with any sternal wound complication including redness or...

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